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Even though the Indian policymakers have periodically articulated lofty goals of self-reliance, they have not institutionalised a robust methodology to measure it
India's armed forces should be capable of facing conventional, hybrid, proxy wars leading to gray zone, cyber and cognitive war in an integrated multidomain and multispectrum force
For India, the practical upshot is to treat the relations with China as a long civilisational contest over scale and standing that will persist, while recognising that the tempo and forward assertiven
The transformation in India-Japan relations is most visible in their defence and security ties
The US has acted in a unilateral manner in the Hormuz and its transgression of humanitarian law and convention is at variance with the principles underpinning the Quad
With reunification ambitions intensifying, the Taiwan Strait remains Asia's most volatile flashpoint
A partnership forged in opportunity now confronts the realities of great-power politics
If the country's energy vulnerability is structural, so must be the response to it
The impasse continues, with the Hormuz being closed by Iran, thereby aggravating an already disrupted global energy market and the US maintaining the naval blockade that seeks to choke Iran's economy
By shifting the Nato into a transactional alliance, Europe must build its own sovereign deterrence
Modern conflicts rely on rapid adaptation and low-cost capabilities rather than high manoeuvre alone, as demonstrated in the Russia-Ukraine war, tensions involving Iran, and China's strategic posture
The Trump administration has repositioned China as an economic competitor to be managed through deal-making rather than a systemic adversary to be countered through alliances
India has repeatedly demonstrated the operational requirement for CSAR capability while repeatedly discovering the institutional gap between that requirement and available resources
Can China replace the United States (US) as the principal external anchor in West Asia? The short answer is no, but the longer answer is more consequential than a simple negative
President Donald Trump has announced a US counter-blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to prevent the passage of Iranian oil shipments
For the first time after the Kargil war, the civilian population in the border areas of India and Pakistan were affected and the operations were conducted in a standoff mode
For the EU and India to make progress in their strategic relationship, they will have to transcend the commercial-economic dynamics of their relationship.
France supports India's multi-alignment with flexible defence deals, from helicopters to submarines, fortifying Indo-Pacific security ties.
The geopolitical trapeze for India in the next decade (mid 2030s) will be to retain a credible multi-aligned orientation
The assassination of Ali Khamenei and the elevation of Mojtaba have opened a new and uncertain chapter in the history of the Islamic Republic.
Trump's 2nd term shatters post-Cold War stability: Unilateral wars on Iran, Cuba embargo, Canada musings fuel global chaos. US dominance breeds unpredictability, eroding alliances & rules-based order.
